The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-28
A WORTHY INSTITUTION,
ST. MARY's COTTAGE HOSPITAL IN
NEW QUARTERS.
The Reception There Yesterday After.
noon-The Good Work 1t Has Done
"A New Building To Be Erected, for
Which the People Should Contribute,

The reception at 81. Mary's Cottage hos
pial yesterday afternoon was well attend
cd, and exhibited a ,commendable interest
on the part of large number Of ladies' and
gentlemen in worthy enterprise for hui
manitys sake, The reception lasted from
2 TO @ o'clock pm, and many who had
never visited the institution before took
advantage Of the invitation extended and
drove out to lend their encouraging pres
ence TO the devoted humnnitarians who
have II in their charge, and who, as its in
ccptOrs, have 10 zealously labored to make
II fill the requirements for which it is in
tended. 81. Marys Cottage hospital is the
offspring OF 81. Mary's mission, a charity
which had done inestimable good in the
way OF administering to the wants and
sniicrings Of the city's poorin former years.
The hospital was the conception arising
from a necessity which demanded suit
able asylum for the destitute working
classes and tmdespeople; who, having
come from other parts To the city 10 seek a
livelihood, should be taken sick and could
not be provided with proper nursing in
their lodging houses 1t is n humiliating
fact that the city has no public institution
OF the kind. II il true that there Is
poor-house, but aside from the revolving
objections Of those who are in measure
able and willing to pay the expenses Of
their illness, there il, as a general thing,
40 much official formality 10 be gone
through with before patient can be adj
mitted, that he is likely TO die before he
gets there. The city hospital rs only such
in name, for by a provision Of law, no
bona iide citizen Of the city is permitted 70
60 there for treatment, but il is maintained
simply for the benefit of the wayfarine
who may DO overtakcn with sickness while
in the city. Last year 40 per cent. Of the
patients treated In II were from Arkansas,
and the per contum from Mississippi was
nearly as large. In view Of
these facts IL can be seen
that the city is wholly without
any proper or adequate place whereat It's
own poor and uniortunatcs from disease
may be provided with those comforts
which humanity and civilization demand.
II was from this necessity that the mana
gers Of the mission undertook 10 widen
their sphere OF good work, and in the lat
ter part Of February last rented u small
frame cottage, ut No. 2O3 Manassas street.
The house was opened without furniture
or means Of procuring II, but under the
active appeals Of Rev. VIM. Kline. dean Of
~. Mnry's church, and the manager, n
noble little lady Of English birth, who has
had much experience in hospital work,
both in England and In this country, pri
waite subscriptions enabled them Ia furnish
the small apartments, and by March four
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WINS organized, with DIR. II. II. Bickford
consulting physician DIR. Sinclair, oculist
and aurist and Drs. Winklcr and klophel
~ practitioners, with Rev. klincas warden.
FREQ dispensary was established and
there daily Ia get prescriptions
The accommodations which started
with four beds was within n
few months through contributions in.
creased to twenty. The apartments were
too crampcd for the attendance which
was crowding 10 the infant hospital. and
about two months ago the infringement
rented larger frame house, at No. POI
lass avenue. To the new quarters the
public wcp invited Ia reception and in
spcction Of the arrangements. The site il
a good and healthy one for such nm insti-
tuition. The rooms are largo and well ven
tilatcd, the beds are single, aud covered
with the neaiest oi coverings. II has all
the appearances Of nice, quiet home, and
nothing il wanting In management and
attention 90 the patients. Since the hos
pilal WIS started Il has ministcrod 20 the
wants Of thirty in.lying patients, aud has
dispensed medicines and food 10 outside
sick numbering over 200. The wards are
divided for men into two; one nj $40 per
week. including medical attention, nursing
and all; the other ward for men IL ut - a
day, including the same treatment, but
who may bc unable 10 pay the regular rate.
Women and children are treated free.
The institution has done great good IN
lar, hut II bids fair TO do much more. The
large lot adjoining Il has been purchased,
aud the grading Of II, preparatory 10 the
erection of more commOdious buildingnt
a cost OF $1,000 will begin at once. re-.
/ sides this, or rather In connection with IL,
/ there Is 20 he training school, for the pur.
pose of educating young ladies 10 be pro-
| fe-sidnal muses.. The course OF study will
rquirc two ycanl thctint year 60 be- spent
actively In the hospital, and the last in
studying chemistry and other medical
works. NJ valuable Ia the knowledge OF an
attendant upon the sick. The new hospital
viii be- divided into two wards, and large
enough io accommodate fifty patients each.
Tho Managers desire to return thanks IA
the employees Of Mcnkcn q Co., for a con
tribution Of ~ ~, received yesterday.
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TuTm Il no one article in tho line a
medicines that gives ~ large return ioi
the money ~ q good porous Strengthening
! plaster, such ~ CnrlCr's Smart Weed and
Bclladonna Backachc plaslcrs.
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